Someone Will Appreciate

Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Time certainly flies when you're having fun. Happy Chicagoversary to me!! I can't believe its been exactly one year since I packed up my entire life in New York City and moved to Chicago. On this morning exactly one year ago, I woke up super early and headed out for what would be my last sunrise run as a New Yorker. I ran to the reservoir and saw one of the most beautiful sunrises I've ever seen there as tears rolled down my cheeks. It was a very bittersweet moment and I can still close my eyes and remember it vividly. I can't think of a better way that I would have wanted my last morning to go.

This morning, I felt it only fitting to try and start my second year here on another high note with a sunrise workout. Duh. I had a great bike ride along the lake as the sun rose beautifully. (I know I do these all the time, but this one had more significance.) I seriously feel like it was just a few weeks ago that I landed back home in Chicago and started my new life here. Although it was such a hard decision to make (it took me over a year to actually make it), I absolutely think moving back home was the right one. This was probably my most stress-free and most fun years in a long time, and I'm not going to lie, it was much needed and well-deserved. Of course there have been some struggles along the way as expected, but all in all, I am extremely happy to be back here permanently (for the foreseeable future).

Sunday, June 11, 2017

It’s almost summer vacation and since most of this year was
more or less a vacation for me (hello “adult gap year”), I don’t feel the need
to count down the seconds until summer like I have in years past. Of course,
I’m still super pumped for this school year to end and to go to the beach everyday and just chill out. I mean, that’s the life, isn’t it? But for the
first time in like forever, I don’t have any solidified summer plans. Usually I
plan a long-ish trip and a visit home to Chicago with a few other things in
there, but because I still don’t know what the fall holds for me, I can’t
really plan anything. (And I can cross that trip home to Chicago off the list because, hey, I live here now!!) I mean sure, I could plan a million things, like a big Europe trip again and have an amazing time, but financially, it may not be the
smartest thing to do until I know that I will have a steady paycheck come
September. Plus, this is my first actual full adult summer living in Chicago
and #SummerTimeChi ain’t no joke so I’m ready to dive in head first. I’ve had
some FOMO over the last decade seeing things my friends who lived here were
doing while I was in NYC. Of course I was doing some very awesome summer NYC
things too, but part of me always felt like I was missing out on all the
amazingly fun looking Chicago events. And now it’s finally my turn. Woohoo!!

Saturday, May 20, 2017

This morning, I got a reminder message on my phone: Today would have been my New York anniversary. On this day thirteen years ago, I moved to NYC and started a new life there. Seems like just yesterday I made that move that forever changed my life. I was actually supposed to be there today running the Brooklyn Half Marathon (and getting my revenge for last year's race), but instead my hamstring and knee still aren't healed so I never booked the flight. Turns out though, I probably wouldn't have been able to race anyway because of my Shingles. I tried putting on a sports bra last night (in hopes of trying to workout this morning in some capacity) and nope, it hurt way too much on my rash. Plus, I still don't have much energy and don't know if 13.1 would have been possible to run today.

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

We’ve all seen the commercials before… “If you've had
chickenpox, the shingles virus is already inside you (dun dun dun)” Ahhhhh. You
know what I’m talking about, right? Probably. And you probably think, yeah sure
I do, but I won’t get shingles. I mean, c’mon now, that doesn’t happen to people
like me. Even though most people may think like that, I actually never did. As
someone with a compromised immune system because of the Remicade I take for my Ulcerative Colitis, getting Shingles was always kind of a fear of mine, but I
assumed it wouldn’t happen until I was a bit older. Welp, I was wrong. It happened...

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About Me

I am a 35(!!) year old, single, female Chicago resident. I was born and raised in Chicago, lived in NYC the last 12 years and recently moved back here. I am a runner, spinner, and all-around fitness fanatic. I also love pretty much all things pop culture, hamburgers, my family, and sports!! This blog is an outlet for me to share many of the things that I find happiness, humor, entertainment, and even confusion and frustration in. Enjoy!